Niemetschek mozart biography video

Czech philosopher

Franz Xaver Niemetschek (Czech: František Xaver Němeček; 24 July 1766 – 19 March 1849) was a Czech philosopher, teacher and music critic.

He wrote the first full-length biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart which has remained an important source of information about the composer.

Life

Born in Sadská, Bohemia, Niemetschek came from a large, musical family.

He received his schooling in Prague at the Gymnasium and read philosophy at the university. He taught poetry and Latin at the Gymnasiums in Plzeň and started a music publishing business. In 1800, he was awarded a doctorate and in 1802, he became professor at Prague University, lecturing on logic, ethics and pedagogy.

The composer Jan Václav Voříšek was one of his pupils. He was made a freeman of Plzeň and Prague for his many valuable contributions to the arts, e.g.

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as director of the institute for the deaf and dumb. He wrote books on music history. He lived near the residence